Manufacturing Article Index
General Knowledge
- Electrical Certification for use in Canada: Recognizing Certification and Why it’s Important
- Why you Can’t Measure Air Temperature with a Laser IR Gun and a Simple, Effective Alternative
- Computational Modelling of Thermal Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics – what is it and how can it help me?
- Why Your Hot Air Tool Needs Airflow
Basics
Building a System
- Understanding Blowers as part of a System
- Steps to Designing a Hot Air System
- Compressed Air versus Blower Systems
- 5 Biggest Mistakes Made When Designing a Hot Air System
- The Importance of Hose
- Bring the Experts in First – Lessons Learned by Those Who Didn’t
- Building a Heat Recirculating System
- Sizing your Heater and Blower: The Relationship between Air Flow and Temperature
- Right size your Heater: Don’t just buy the Biggest or Cheapest
- All-in-one Tools are not One-size-fits-all!
- High Flow versus Low Flow Air Heaters
- 3 Things to Consider when Choosing a Nozzle
- Closed-Loop vs. Open-Loop Control Systems
- Power Setting versus Temperature Setting in Hot Air Heaters
- Temperature Control of Air Heaters
- Thermocouples in Hot Air Systems
- Designing your System for Uniform Heat & Airflow
- Using a Variable Frequency Drive to Improve your System Performance
Specific Applications
Shrinking
Drying/Blow-off
Deflashing
Heating
Application Notes & How-Tos
- Best Practices in Air Heater Installation
- Application Note: Troubleshooting Leister Air Heaters 101
- Application Note: Using a Leister LHS Air Heater with Compressed Air
- Application Note: Leister SYSTEM Category of Air Heaters
- LE to LHS Air Heater Upgrade
- Application Note: Setting Up the HOTWIND SYSTEM
- Video: How to hook up a LHS SYSTEM air heater
- Video: Setting up an external closed loop control system with the LHS CLASSIC air heater